Politics Please say rock bottom is getting close (2 Viewers)

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Two energy companies getting $1 billion taxpayer money to stop wind energy while oil prices highest in decades. European economists warm airline industry in Europe could collapse.

FCC reviewing ABC broadcast license to pressure them to fire Jimmy Kimmel.

 

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The six MAGA Supreme Court justices attended Trump's state dinner last night. Today they eliminated what was left of voting rights act.

In Louisiana, 40% of voting population is Black but racial gerrymandering packed Black population into one Congressional district. A lawsuit resulted in redrawing maps to create second predominantly Black district. Republicans sued, charging discrimination against white people by using race to determine districts. Which segregationists did for a century and still do.
After lower courts upheld new map, Supreme Court overturned it.
Already Florida plans redistricting to create four new Republican seats. Tennessee plans to redo districts to eliminate Memphis district, the one majority Black district. Mississippi had already under court order changed State Supreme Court districts, now plans to go back to all white districts.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed to end Supreme Court decisions at the end of Reconstruction, which were intended to end Black political power and institutionalize racism.
This court had done it again.

 

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Mississippi also plans to eliminate its one Black congressional district.

Republicans are challenging California redistricting on the grounds it unfairly helps Latino representation.

John Roberts was part of Reagan Department of Justice where his job and his calling was to fight against voting rights. Bush II appointed him to the court as a reward for his work against voting rights.

 

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Amazon considering reboot of The Apprentice with Don Jr. as host.

 

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I have been laid off

Damn. I'm sorry you're having to deal with that.

 

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Democracy Docket reports dozens of voting rights cases now in courts became moot after Extreme Court decision.
Voting rights activist Gwen Ifill suggested it's not about 2026, which has been conceded. It's about 2028 and 2030. Drawing new lines could, without changing a single vote, net 19 Republican House seats and hundreds of state legislature and judicial seats. And 2030 is census and new districts.
Remember, their role model is Hungary under Orban. Nominal elections but ruling party guaranteed a win.

 

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Louisiana cancelled May primary after votes already cast. So they can refi election with new racist maps.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Democracy Docket reports dozens of voting rights cases now in courts became moot after Extreme Court decision.
Voting rights activist Gwen Ifill suggested it's not about 2026, which has been conceded. It's about 2028 and 2030. Drawing new lines could, without changing a single vote, net 19 Republican House seats and hundreds of state legislature and judicial seats. And 2030 is census and new districts.
Remember, their role model is Hungary under Orban. Nominal elections but ruling party guaranteed a win.

Didn’t Orban just lose in a landslide?

 

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Didn’t Orban just lose in a landslide?

After many long years. Finally.

 

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And no doubt trying to figure out how to avoid Orban fate.

 

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Pastor who wrote a book on biblical marriage arrested for bigamy.

Pastor who wrote book on biblical marriage arrested for alleged bigamy

Leslie Williams built a ministry promoting his marital advice. Looks like he never read his own book.

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